| papflesje said: @ Hyruken: Why would they cut the price then? People also seem to think they won't cut the price because of the money Natal will cost them and that they will just keep the same price, but with more bang for the buck, I thought. And those temporary (two months long) price cuts don't count apparently :p I think september / october will be when MS starts firing all cilinders. |
Well the reason i think then is basically because it would be 2 years exact since the last price cut.
But also because in the next 5 months until then both PS3 and 360 numbers will once again go through the saturation point we saw in 08.
They will need something to drive sales into the holidays. PS3 did this last year and 360 the year before.
Microsoft have invested heavily in Natal. And the one thing we know about Microsoft is when they spend loads on creating something they will advertise the shit out of it! The Natal being sold on its own i doubt will make a huge increase in sales of the console. Naturally a price cut will.
I think 360 will be £99 in UK by end of the year and will be able to get the Natal bundle for around £129 with its version of Wii sports....
That in my view will stimulate sales mainly due to the £99 tag. We have seen it before, especially with the PS2. Plus i think MS would want that tag of being the 1st to get into double digits price tag, it just sounds like their kind of thing.
I think a lot of people have overestimated 2010 and not looked at the bigger picture, or even at recent history.
